Fun and games in Mestalla midweek after Valencia came back with two injury time goals from Rodrigo to knock Getafe out of the cup. That sparked off a near riot in the players’ tunnel, with Diakhaby and Bruno coming to blows, and Damián Suárez and Mata insulting the officials. Four match bans for the first two, and two match bans for the others. Before that Djené had already been sent off for a second bookable offence, his second red card in four days, although the disciplinary committee let him off one of the yellow cards on appeal. Whatever the case though, Getafe are going to be missing several of their star players for the opening round of the cup next season, and Espanyol and Sevilla are also going to be without Marc Roca and Roque, the former after he was sent off for a second bookable offence against Betis, and the latter after he picked up his third booking of the competition in the Nou Camp.

As mentioned, Djené was sent off against in the week 21 games for a second bookable offence, as was his team mate Cabrera, although one of Djené’s yellow cards was cancelled on appeal. Red cards as well for Hoedt (Celta) in his first game for his new club, as well as for De Marcos (Athletic), Bernardo (Girona) and Varane (Real Madrid), not to mention Betis assistant coach Eder Sarabia, a regular in this section. And Busquets (Barcelona), Marc Roca (Espanyol), Rober Pier (Levante), Comesaña and Bebé (Rayo), Carvajal (Real Madrid), Michel (Valladolid) and Víctor Ruíz (Villarreal) were also given one match bans after reaching the five yellow card threshold.

In week 22, Nyom (Leganés) was given a straight red card for a hard tackle on an opponent against Rayo, and Cucho Hernández (Huesca), Calero (Valladolid), Campaña (Levante), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Capa (Athletic), Okay (Celta), Mario Hermoso (Espanyol), Junior and Mandi (Betis), Alcalá (Girona) and Trejo (Rayo) were all suspended for one game after picking up their fifth cautions of the season (tenth in the case of Campaña). ( 05.02.19 )